Green tractors: 15 tractors given to farmers

BAHAWALPUR: Fifteen tractors were handed over on Tuesday to farmers in Bahawalpur, Yazman and Ahmadpur East in accordance with Green Tractor Scheme. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Mian Baligur Rehman handed the keys of the tractors in a ceremony.

Rehman said the chief minister had decided to offer farmers a Rs200,000 subsidy on each tractor. He said a total of 439 tractors will be given this year. He said a 15 per cent additional quota had been allotted for farmers in southern Punjab. He said agriculture was the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. The Agriculture EDO said as many as 312 tractors had been distributed through a ballot by now. He said the Bahawalpur district had received a Rs878 million subsidy to provide the tractors.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 6^th, 2012.